Harley Benton Custom Line King-CE NT 5-stars Reviews

for the price, its a very good instrument

I decided I wanted to get an electro-acoustic for both recording and gigging purposes, heard nothing but great things about the Benton guitars, decided to have a go and buy one, for the price its such a good value instrument, just been using it for a home currently, sounds great cannot wait to use it live and on recordings.

worth every single penny

Very impressive!

a wonderful acoustic guitar for a price well below its real value. arrived already tuned, the scale and the height of the strings above the fretboard are beyond praise, and all this for a price of about 200 euros. highly recommend!

I became a total promotor of HB in my district!!!

This really is an accustic guitar with royal blood. I've been playing for 15 year now, played many accoustic 6-strings. My technician is also experienced proffesional musician and we both agreed about this piece. It's made with dignity of much higher rated acoustic guitars. Of course you cannot get 5 stars sound, but it's closest you can go to perfection for this money.God bless Harley Benton. They take care for musicians with lower incomes and big hearts;) Peace and love!

Wow

High quality at a very small price. (More than high I mean)

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I will be definitly purchasing form your company again.

Excellent craftsmanship, great price, tremendous sound. Better than the more expensive guitars I've checked out.

Wow this really is a great guitar for the money. Quality build and great sound. I was looking at a similar guitar from a well known guitar maker at over twice the price and I would say this shaded it overall. I am only a bedroom player so I will have to leave a more technical review to those qualified to make one but highly recommend this guitar to anyone looking for a decent instrument for a very reasonable price. Only minor negative point is the set up was a bit high for my taste but I got a mate who knows a bit about setting up guitars to sort it for me and it is all good now. I really don’t know how Harley Benton can produce such quality at this price but I am not complaining. Pro’s: Good instrument, great price, looks stunning and excellent service. Con’s: Set up a bit high out of the box. Living with the fear that the Police will arrest me for day light robbery for what I paid it!

Better then the real deal.

What can i say i,m lost with words. its a beautiful guitar stunning very loud and great tone, really worm and smooth with great sustain got a lot of punch. Put it this way if i ever lost or smashed mine i would not hesitate to bye another one, you get a lot more for the money .

I love it!

This has been a great guitar, had it for well over a year now. Acoustically it has a solid big tone to it as you might expect from the jumbo body. Once plugged in it does not disappoint either and there is a good range of tones available due to EQ. The inbuilt tuner is not the best. The action could come down a little but that might just be personal taste, in saying that playing a bit of slide on it sounds great. The guitar looks stunning and complimentary comments are often made when it is used at sessions or gigs. I have a few Harley Benton guitars now and i am very happy with each one. The quality for the money spent has always been very good in my opinion.

This is an incredible instrument!

In short, this guitar is one of the best purchases I have made in the past 10 years, without question!

I have absolutely loved this guitar from the moment I took it out of the box. Setup was good, nut slots are cut well and the darn thing almost never has to be tuned. I ended up changing the bridge pins to bone in just to keep everything in line with the lovely bone nut and saddle. The difference in sound was certainly worth the less than $20 it cost. I also removed the pickguard to show off the beautiful wood grain of the spruce top and The maple back, sides and neck are just gorgeous!

The guitar still looks brand new despite playing it for hours on end each day over the last five months. I'm never anything but content and inspired when I pick it up. The sound is excellent and it plays beautifully as you move up the neck towards the body.

I still can't believe how much guitar I received for how little I paid. That continues to blow my mind!

Incredible value.

I've owned Martins, Guilds, Gibsons and others. This jumbo axe is simply remarkable and absolutely on par with the famous names--regardless of price. My luthier friend who did the setup for this axe called his friends to see this instrument. Of course, the price is simply incredible, but I swear, I would prefer this guitar over many others at any price. If you want an impressive guitar that sounds great plugged in, or, that you can stroll with, this is the guitar you must buy!

Unbelievable quality

I cannot find a single flaw with this guitar. Given its price, that is beyond amazing!

The fret edges could be dressed a tiny bit more, but it is so playable right out of the box that I quickly forgot about that.

If this is an indication of the general quality of Harley Benton products, I am going to give up a lot of disposable income to this brand.

Great jumbo guitar

Stunning quality, great components, tuning stability, playability, nice Fishman preamp with built-in tuner, Grover tuners,

nut and bridge are made of bone... I setup it for little bit lower setup, put Elixir 12-53 p.bronze strings and guitar is so f....g great that I can't believe... For that price it beats other guitars in under 1000€ price range... If you like sound of jumbo guitars this is one for you!

Fab guitar

We have 2 of these in our collection,mmy wife,s landed first which prompted the sale of my

ej200sce, why ? .. 1 sound quality,smooth warm MIDS,no trace of boxiness ,fit and finish excellent, silky smooth machine head's,fret work perfect,2 preamp more powerful and reliable than the epiphone .and finally the overall beauty of the finish .I just lowered the bridge a touch ,changed strings to HB coated 11s and both guitars deliver in spades a truly quality sound finger picked or strummed.just finally the colour of the top developed a real depth of beauty over time and the tone just keeps on improving.

Who I am? > Medium experienced and skilled guitarist (electric and country guitar). Playing guitar for 18 years, mainly for fun with my bands and with my party friends. Some experience with bass guitar, drums and sound recording and processing.

Actually I really like this guitar! I like to play and love to listen this gitar.

The sound is very full with very nice and strong lows - probably caused by huge body volume compared to dreadnought guitars.

Structure of maple body is very nice and guitar finishing is excelent in the price range. Maple back structure is not so strong as on the shown picture.

Electronics: integrated pickup and preamp is fine. Fishman's integrated tuner is very powerful weapon.

Pros:

+used D'Addario EXP 16 strings are excelent

+very nice action and overall guitar setting

+price/value ratio

+amazing spruce top structure (better than showed)

Cons:

-maybe neck shape for somebody

Great on mic, not so great on pick-up

GREAT guitar for the price. I miss the lows on the pick-up.

Still I would recommend it. I will use it as a back-up guitar.

Stays in tune great!

Excellent value acoustic guitar!

The HB Custom Line King-CE NT is an excellent guitar. I was pleasantly surprised that I like everything about this guitar. Intonation, build, playability, design are all fantastic. Make no mistake this is a BIG guitar. It is the largest acoustic I have ever owned, but it sounds so fantastic, I don't care. I am using it for recording and it sounds great through a large diaphragm condenser mic. It is so balanced I don't need to adjust EQ at all. The Fishman pickup is not suited for recording, but works well for live music. This guitar is such a pleasure to listen to that I am happy just to strum a few chords and listen to the harmonics fade away.

excellent

I have an Epiphone j200 ce but the Harleys King really outshines it..

Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE NT

When the guitar arrived the outer packaging had holes in it and the box was deformed ,I was worried for the contents.On opening everything was good no problems at all.On first inspection I was very impressed the neck wasn't like a baseball bat the frets all ok no rough edges the machine heads are very smooth and hold the guitar in tune.The action at the twelfth fret was a little high for me so I adjusted the truss rod and it lowered it and I got a strange ringing when playing an open D chord so I backed the truss rod off slightly and that cured that.I filed the bridge down to lower action to my comfort zone and now it is a beautiful guitar to play whether acoustically or plugged into my Boss Katana 50 on the acoustic channel.Plugged in it sounds very nice.I am not a guitar snob but I would honestly recommend this guitar to anyone be they beginner or semi pro or busker.I had previously visited my local guitar shop and tried Epiphone's version and that just didnt float my boat.This guitar is amazing for the price even for another £100 English it is still a lovely guitar.I changed the strings on arrival to Rotosound 11 to 52's and then I sold my Take-in.The sustain just lasts n lasts.A joy and pleasure every time I play it

Absolutely love this guitar

I bought this guitar at the same time as another HB that I like a lot, the CLA-15M. Its an amazing guitar, but the King beats it out. AND it came with crappy corroded strings, so I think that the sound will even get better with newer strings.

This guitar is beautiful...I can't find a single blemish. Tuners hold tune very well and the intonation was basically perfect. Other than the aforementioned strings, which were cleaned immediately, this thing came out of the box ready to go. The built in electronics were not the selling point for me, but the tuner is just OK. I have not plugged it in yet, so no comment there. Frets, and all other aspects of the guitar are basically perfect. AND the big surprise for me, i saw other reviews where they mentioned high action...not so with the one I got. It literally could not be any better. It plays as good or better than any guitar I have ever owned (including Gibsons, Martins, Fenders, etc.)

As others have mentioned the sound of this guitar is meant for strumming and I concur, if you pick, the sound wont come through as well as some other guitars that have more focus in the mid and high ranges, but when you strum, it booms. Strumming with this guitar is an absolute joy.

This is my third HB guitar and wont be my last. For what I do (playing on my couch) there is nothing better that can find at the moment than what they are making. If you are a professional...perhaps there is some slight differentiation between these guitars and the original, higher priced ones, but for me these guitars are amazing for the price.

Remedy for the soul

Truly is a greatly built guitar, no matter the skill level, you will definitely enjoy this instrument!